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Support us The Guardian - Back to home The Guardian: news website of the year News Opinion Sport Culture Lifestyle Show caption Carol Rumens's poem of the week Poem of the week: Barque of Frailty by Rishi Dastidar A motley swirl of anarchic images casts gloomy light on our condition but roars along with exhilarating creative energy Carol Rumens Mon 11 Sep 2023 06.21 EDT Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share via Email Barque of frailty Barque of frailty, full of reformed rakes and bookish hearts Block of fealty, full of knees doffing and hats bending Barker of fantasy, full of bodies’ memories and memory’s body Baroque of felony, full of fire curves and wavering sin Byzantine of fertility, full of ground awakenings and blue sighs Burst of fragility, full of hairline universes and breaking beats Bloom of futility, full of pause buttons and waiting rooms Brioche of flexibility, full of lifted crusts and spongy beds Bridle of fashionability, full of revolving time and entrop...
